Health Insurance
Health insurance news and analysis, with coverage of general health insurance trends, major medical insurance, disability insurance, dental insurance, vision plans, telemedicine plans, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term health insurance, the Affordable Care Act public exchange program, and more.
Bill Would Adjust HSA Rules
By Staff WriterA lawmaker wants to coordinate health savings accounts with flexible spending accounts and health reimbursement arrangements.[@@]The lawmaker, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., has introduced the ...
December 12, 2005
Discover Forms Benefit Account AllianceA major payment card issuer wants to set up a card program that employees can use to pay daycare bills as well as medical ...
December 12, 2005
CIGNA Starts Health Coaching ProgramCIGNA HealthCare is forming the CareAllies unit to give health plan members help with managing medical care and improving their health.[@@]CIGNA HealthCare, Bloomfield, Conn., ...
December 11, 2005
'Tis The Season...As the festive old song goes, "'Tis the season to be jolly." So, let's dream for a while, because that's the only way a lot ...
December 09, 2005
Survey%3A Health Problems Can Wreck Retirement PlansCritical illness poses a serious threat to 401(k) assets.[@@]Researchers at a unit of MetLife Inc., New York, have published data supporting that conclusion in ...
December 08, 2005
Miami Chamber Leader Joins Health InsurerBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida has hired George Foyo to be president of its South Florida Market.[@@]Foyo is president of the Greater ...
December 08, 2005
Firm To Assess Disease Management ProgramsThe APEX Management Group will be using its predictive models and forecasting tools to analyze the effectiveness of efforts to improve care for health ...
December 08, 2005
Survey%3A High Deductible Plan Members See Less Cost DataMembers of "consumer-driven health plans" and ordinary high-deductible health insurance plans may be getting less information about the cost of care than members of ...